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then i went to law school. in those days you had to get both degrees, but you could not get them at the same time. now you can't. now had to do one, then i had to do the other. >> did you come north to graduate school on purpose? >> i came to howard. yes. i came on purpose. i went to segregated schools and national. negros as it were called in those days. that made sense. when i went to michigan i was one of the first to this who was black who was in the ph.d. program because when i got there the head of graduate studies said to me he was surprised to see me. i found out what that meant. he told me, there was one time they came. he did not graduate. so i was sent there by my professors at howard who wanted me to work with a particular professor there. >> who are your parents? >> my parents were poor folk. my father left a surly. one of those lost, stolen, or straight man. my mother raised this cause been sometime in an orphanage when i was an infant. that's one of my earliest memories. a very extended family in
then i went to law school. in those days you had to get both degrees, but you could not get them at the same time. now you can't. now had to do one, then i had to do the other. >> did you come north to graduate school on purpose? >> i came to howard. yes. i came on purpose. i went to segregated schools and national. negros as it were called in those days. that made sense. when i went to michigan i was one of the first to this who was black who was in the ph.d. program because when i...
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he was a graduate of harvard law school, a graduate 1948, worked at a major corporate law firm on old and major firm but he was really bored by the corporate law practice. he described it in his first book published in 1968 and it's not really an autobiography but there are some of the biographical chapters that are quite interesting. he says well, there's all these silent victories and muted defeats in these quiet conversations in these board rooms of the law firm and he wanted more action than that and he also loved politics so much that he had in some way, shape or form he had to do it full time so he walks away from the wall street law firm in early 1956, comes to washington, lives just a few blocks south of here somewhere near the russell building at a little apartment and he joins a very important anti-communist investigator named robert morris. his importance in the anti-communist investigations of the 1950's was apparently significant that whitaker chambers said in a letter around that time that morris accomplished more of what joe mccarthy is credited with in terms of useful
he was a graduate of harvard law school, a graduate 1948, worked at a major corporate law firm on old and major firm but he was really bored by the corporate law practice. he described it in his first book published in 1968 and it's not really an autobiography but there are some of the biographical chapters that are quite interesting. he says well, there's all these silent victories and muted defeats in these quiet conversations in these board rooms of the law firm and he wanted more action...
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law practice. he described in his first book in 1968 and not really an autobiography but a lot of chapters that are interesting. he said there were these silent victories and huge defeats and quiet conversations in board rooms of our law firm and he wanted more action than that. he also loved politics so much that he really had in some way, shape or form had to do it full time so he walks away from his wall street law firm in early 1956, comes to washington, lives a few blocks south of here, somewhere near the russell building in little apartment and joins a very important anti-communist investigator named robert morris. robert morris's importance in the anti-communist investigations of the 1950s was apparently so significant that whitaker chambers said to buckley in a letter around that time that morris really accomplished most of what joe mccarthy is credited with in terms of useful and constructive anti communism. that is credited on the right. rusher was at morris's side on the subcommittee, th
law practice. he described in his first book in 1968 and not really an autobiography but a lot of chapters that are interesting. he said there were these silent victories and huge defeats and quiet conversations in board rooms of our law firm and he wanted more action than that. he also loved politics so much that he really had in some way, shape or form had to do it full time so he walks away from his wall street law firm in early 1956, comes to washington, lives a few blocks south of here,...
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history of american law from english. two after reconstruction and then i teach a seminar, which i call the history of law and social change and it's about topics that i am interested in. it's one of those things very do what i'm interested in. i picked topics that have some currency, but if history had to show how the history and ask questions, does history have any place in the making of law and policy? the answers it does. what is the place that has? this semester, we are doing issues like lgb t. rights, education and the whole debate over education reform, whether it works. we discussed and analyzed them. >> host: dear ms. washington? >> guest: i miss the power in government office. no matter how small the agency and how minister the power, when people have problems, you can sometimes help them. as far as the commission is concerned, i miss being able to bring people who no one heard from, no one would listen to and listen to what they have to say. >> host: isbister theatre for the? >> guest: now, i've written many mo
history of american law from english. two after reconstruction and then i teach a seminar, which i call the history of law and social change and it's about topics that i am interested in. it's one of those things very do what i'm interested in. i picked topics that have some currency, but if history had to show how the history and ask questions, does history have any place in the making of law and policy? the answers it does. what is the place that has? this semester, we are doing issues like...
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i think it's like murphy's law. it's sort of a slight on the irish at you have to take an extra shot. thank you very much, everybody. i appreciate it. [applause] >> that was paul dickson author of parenting. for more information visit his website, pauldicksonbooks.com. >> we're at the national press club book fair the other night with celia wexler, author of "out of the news: former journalists discuss a profession in crisis" you are a former journalist. y. speak with why and my former journalist? does i could not become, be the mother of one to of a small child into the journalism i wanted to do. then i found a really wonderful and fulfilling career as a public interest lobbyist. but i always was very emotionally attached to journalism, and this book gave me a chance to connect with people, many of them left to journalism at the top of their games, with some of the biggest media allies in the country. and i was able to explore with them their feelings about the profession. and this is really media criticism with a
i think it's like murphy's law. it's sort of a slight on the irish at you have to take an extra shot. thank you very much, everybody. i appreciate it. [applause] >> that was paul dickson author of parenting. for more information visit his website, pauldicksonbooks.com. >> we're at the national press club book fair the other night with celia wexler, author of "out of the news: former journalists discuss a profession in crisis" you are a former journalist. y. speak with why...